I am cursed
with a sense of time
that splits a second
into a million parts
yet sees an eon pass
in a single flash.
I see life
not as separate steps
but as a flowing river
10,000 miles long
with source and mouth
and length in view.
People appear both 8 and 80
even when they're only 17.
And single stones can tell me
stories of the ages
older and greater than
any told by man.